MAYBE HAPPY ENDING Reviews- Page 17

[RippedMan]

Posted: 3/31/25 at 10:51am

Hoping to see this on Wednesday matinee, how has the rush/lottery been?

[RussT2]

Posted: 3/31/25 at 11:17am

 I'd heard of the show but other than Darren Criss starring in it, I had no idea what it was about. We discovered it was a musical and the two leads play robots. My husband wanted to see it, so we got tickets in February. Well! I went in with an open mind, and I fell in LOVE with this show. Couldn't wait for the cast album to be on Spotify. I've been raving to everyone I know to go see it.

[Ensemble1728379893]

Posted: 4/24/25 at 8:47am

I was at the Matinee yesterday and it is still a beautiful musical. I love the score. What surprised me yesterday, fifth visit, is how perfect Darren Cris is. I think his performance nowadays is much improved; such a detailed and layered performance. I was in awe.  Chen was always perfect.

I still think it is the best new musical (and I have seen them all, as of last week). It is not a perfect musical (some of the narrative is still too complicated and fuzzy) but it gets me, it transports me and it is a beautiful lesson without being preachy. I would go to the Belasco again and again (plenty of codes around and the mezzanine sides were almost empty)

[bear88]

Posted: 4/26/25 at 3:39am

I don’t think Maybe Happy Ending gets enough credit for the way it uses familiar, rom-com tropes to lure the audience in to more serious themes. It’s a Broadway musical about loneliness, loss and death - and how we deal with that, even if the onstage characters are robots. The staging is colorful, imaginative, and often gorgeous, and it’s very well-acted by Darren Criss and Helen Shen, but what makes the show resonate is those darker themes - because everyone can relate to them. I could feel the people in the audience around me responding - not to vocal pyrotechnics (nothing against that, by the way) but to the characters and the story. 

The score isn’t spectacular, but I never thought - while in the theater - that there was anything lacking. Except for the crooner, the songs are driven by the lyrics - which help move the story along and deepen our understanding of the characters.

I wasn’t expecting to dislike Maybe Happy Ending, but I was caught off guard by how much it touched me.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 5/7/25 at 1:39pm

It’s finally “Hitting the Road.”

National tour launches September 2026 in Baltimore — very curious to see how all the technical elements tailor-made for the Broadway run will translate. 

[GottaGetAGimmick420]

Posted: 5/7/25 at 2:48pm

I'll admit it, I'm eating my hat

[carlisle14]

Posted: 5/7/25 at 3:20pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "It’s finally “Hitting the Road.”

National tour launches September 2026 in Baltimore — very curious to see how all the technical elements tailor-made for the Broadway run will translate."

Baltimore continues to be a favorite launch point for tours.  The Maryland legislators have given huge tax breaks for the arts, making it much cheaper than many spots.  Close enough to NYC to get that connection. 

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 5/7/25 at 3:40pm

I saw this over the weekend and it honestly wasn't for me, but the set design was amazing and Helen J Shen is a star

[sppunk]

Posted: 5/7/25 at 5:32pm

Does Criss have a final performance date yet? I searched but this search function is awful. 

[witchoftheeast2]

Posted: 5/7/25 at 5:52pm

sppunk said: "Does Criss have a final performance date yet? I searched but this search function is awful."

He has made no comments anywhere that he would be leaving anytime soon. What makes you think that?

[sppunk]

Posted: 5/7/25 at 6:54pm

witchoftheeast2 said: "sppunk said: "Does Criss have a final performance date yet? I searched but this search function is awful."

He has made no comments anywhere that he would be leaving anytime soon. What makes you think that?"

It’ll be coming up on its one-year anniversary in October and I know bigger names are sometimes known to have 12-month contracts due to future scheduling. I haven’t seen anything but again the search function leaves a lot to be desired to wanted to ask. 

[bear88]

Posted: 5/7/25 at 11:47pm

The search function is a favorite gripe, including by me, but you’re not going to find an answer to your question. I doubt Darren Criss has determined a final performance, much less announced it. He’s a producer of Maybe Happy Ending, is in the midst of promoting the show and himself before the Tony Awards. I seriously doubt he’s going to leave the musical before 12 months - and maybe not even then, especially if it wins Best Musical. 

[witchoftheeast2]

Posted: 5/8/25 at 8:38am

sppunk said: "witchoftheeast2 said: "sppunk said: "Does Criss have a final performance date yet? I searched but this search function is awful."

He has made no comments anywhere that he would be leaving anytime soon. What makes you think that?"

It’ll be coming up on its one-year anniversary in October and I know bigger names are sometimes known to have 12-month contracts due to future scheduling. I haven’t seen anything but again the search function leaves a lot to be desired to wanted to ask."

And going further on what bear88 said, if he were to leave, I doubt it would be to join the tour. especially since he now has two children at home

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 5/8/25 at 8:51am

sppunk said: "bigger names are sometimes known to have 12-month contracts due to future scheduling"

I wouldn’t be shocked if his contract was even just 9 months (with perhaps a negotiated pay bump in the event that he added another 3).

Sometimes the clock starts at start of rehearsals, sometimes at start of previews, sometimes at opening night. There are no rules.

12 is typically the max that anyone is contracted for at a given time. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/14/25 at 10:14am

I went again last night, hadn’t seen the show this year but was reminded that it really is my favorite musical (and production) of the season and that I want Criss to take that Tony SO BADLY. 

Those last three words of the show “I hope so”, followed by the look on Oliver’s face as he looks at Claire, just destroy me. 

Updated On: 5/14/25 at 10:14 AM

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 5/14/25 at 1:48pm

''The Kelly Clarkson Show'': Darren Criss Hilariously Calls Out Bernadette Peters for Checking Him Out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Expbs7YQgzM

[hicaesar]

Posted: 5/15/25 at 12:03pm

a few weeks ago I tried to get last minute tickets at the box office for a matinee of "We had a World" and failed (got to see it later in the week) - Maybe Happy was starting in 30 minutes so I figured I would see if I could get standing room last minute - box office had standing room and 1 rush ticket letf in a box. Box Seat, 10 minutes before show, $40. C'mon! 

I had heard lots of the volunteers at the TCKTS booth rave about this show, but I wasn't buying it. My goodness what a lovely and charming show!  Darren completely nails this part - it's a tricky part to play. He has to have enough emotion that the audience gets the feels... but a lack of emotion so that we can believe he actually is a robot. He has found the absolute perfect formula. This show could literally be a a Pixar movie and I mean that in the best possible way. It's wholesome and family friendly, mostly a feel good show but it asks some tough questions and pulls the heart strings just right. 

Hope it wins best musical!